Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

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49 terms filed under C, showing 31–40 (page 4 of 5).

C

Command words

Also called Question stems, Directive words

The verb at the start of an exam question. It tells you what kind of answer earns the marks.

Comparing texts

Writing about two sources together. Comparison all the way through, not one then the other.

Complaints about a council's SEND service

When it is the council rather than the school, and which route applies.

Components of fitness

The measurable parts of being fit, and the tests for each.

Composition

How things are arranged within the frame, and where the eye goes.

Compound interest

Interest paid on interest. The same maths as depreciation and population growth.

Compression

Making a file smaller. Lossy throws information away; lossless does not.

Confidentiality in care

Keeping information private, and the limits of that promise.

Conformity and obedience

Going along with a group, and following an instruction from authority.

Conservation of energy in reactions

Energy is transferred, not created, in chemistry as everywhere else.

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